Less than three hours away from the NHL trade deadline and to say there's not much happening at the moment would be a laughable understatement. Outside of the Andrei Kostitsyn-to-Nashville deal that broke in the past hour (and Nashville is still looking to add more), the biggest news to surface has been the Winnipeg Jets claiming defenseman Grant Clitsome on waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets, which is actually a pretty solid pickup, even though it's not terribly exciting.

The addition of Clitsome for the Jets, a 26-year-old defenseman that has 14 points in 51 games this season after a 19-point performance in 31 games last season, has increased the rumors that the Jets could move veteran defenseman Johnny Oduya, an unrestricted free agent after this season. Other than that? There's not much happening at the moment.

The Detroit Red Wings also sent defenseman Mike Commodore to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional sevent-round draft pick in a deal that gives the Lightning a desparetely needed body on the blue line, while the Red Wings clear a contract and some cap space. In the end, it's probably nothing more than Ken Holland and Steve Yzerman doing one another a favor.

The biggest player supposedly available, Columbus' Rick Nash, took part in Blue Jackets practice on Monday morning and nothing appears to be close. Predators general manager David Poile told ESPN's Pierre LeBrun that he is not trading Ryan Suter today, and Brian Burke said on TSN that he has no intention of trading upcoming free agent Mikhail Grabovski, and is more than happy to let the 3 PM deadline come and go without making a move.

The slow pace and lack of moves across the league shouldn't be much of a surprise given how few true sellers there are with so many teams still believing that they have a chance to make the playoffs. Look at it this way: there have been reports that the New York Islanders may be looking to add players ahead of the deadline. A team that's eight points out of the final playoff spot and in 13th place.